(rare) State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance.
acquiesced
acquiesced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquiesce
acquired
acquired
adj
(medicine) Developed after birth; not congenital.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquire
acquirenda
acquirenda
noun
plural of acquirendum
acquisited
acquitted
acquitted
adj
Having been acquitted; having gone through a trial that resulted in something other than a guilty verdict.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquit
adequacies
adequacies
noun
plural of adequacy
adequacy
adequacy
noun
The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.
aquacade
aquacade
noun
An entertainment consisting of swimmers and divers performing to music
aquacades
aquacades
noun
plural of aquacade
aqueduct
aqueduct
noun
(anatomy) A structure conveying fluid, such as the cerebral aqueduct or vestibular aqueduct.
A structure carrying water over a river or depression, especially in regards to ancient aqueducts.
An artificial channel that is constructed to convey water from one location to another.
aqueducts
aqueducts
noun
plural of aqueduct
aquiclude
aquiclude
noun
(geology) A solid, impermeable area underlying or overlying an aquifer.
blandiloquence
blandiloquence
noun
(archaic) flattery [from 17th c.]
calqued
calqued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calque
casqued
casqued
adj
(zoology) Having a casque
cathedralesque
cathedralesque
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cathedral.
charqued
charqued
adj
Prepared as charqui or jerky.
chequerboard
chequerboard
noun
Alternative spelling of checkerboard
chequered
chequered
adj
(chiefly Britain) Alternative spelling of checkered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chequer
chicqued
chlorohydroquinone
cinquedea
cinquedea
noun
A short sword with a heavy blade developed in northeastern Italy during the Renaissance, often richly ornamented.
cinquefoiled
cinquefoiled
adj
Having five lobes or having the shape of a cinquefoil.
cliqued
cliqued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clique
cliquedom
cliquedom
noun
The world of cliques; cliques generally.
coadequate
codelinquency
codelinquent
coequated
coequated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coequate
colloquized
colloquized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of colloquize
conquedle
conquered
conquered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conquer
conquistadores
conquistadores
noun
plural of conquistador
coquetted
coquetted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coquet
counterquartered
counterquartered
adj
(heraldry) Doubly divided into quarters, so that each quarter is itself quartered.
critiqued
critiqued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of critique
croqueted
croqueted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of croquet
delinquence
delinquencies
delinquencies
noun
plural of delinquency
delinquency
delinquency
noun
A criminal offense.
A debt that is overdue for payment.
Misconduct.
deliquesce
deliquesce
verb
(intransitive) To melt and disappear.
(intransitive, chemistry) To become liquid by absorbing water from the atmosphere and dissolving in it.
deliquesced
deliquesced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deliquesce
deliquescence
deliquescence
noun
The action or process of deliquescing.
The condition of being deliquescent.
deliquescent
deliquescent
adj
(botany) Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.
(chemistry) Absorbing moisture from the air and forming a solution.
(mycology, of the fruiting body of a fungus) Becoming liquid as a phase of its life cycle.
Seeming to melt away.
deliquesces
deliquesces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deliquesce
deliquescing
deliquescing
verb
present participle of deliquesce
deliquiesce
disacquaintance
disacquaintance
noun
(obsolete) Neglect or disuse of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance.
discotheque
discotheque
noun
(slightly dated) A nightclub where dancing takes place.
discotheques
discotheques
noun
plural of discotheque
discothque
docquet
docquet
noun
Archaic form of docket.
dulciloquent
dulciloquent
adj
(literary, rare) Speaking sweetly.
equibalanced
equibalanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equibalance
equidistance
equidistance
noun
(countable, uncountable) Equal distance.
equiperiodic
equiperiodic
adj
Having the same period.
equiponderance
equiponderance
noun
The state of being equal in weight; equipoise
equiponderancy
equiponderancy
noun
Archaic form of equiponderance.
equiproducing
equiradical
equiradical
adj
(mathematics) Of surds: arising from the extraction of the same nth root.
equispaced
equispaced
adj
Spaced apart at equal distances.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equispace
equivalenced
equivalenced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equivalence
equivocated
equivocated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equivocate
grandiloquence
grandiloquence
noun
Lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing.
hyperquadric
hyperquadric
noun
(mathematics) A particular generalization of a superquadric
inadequacies
inadequacies
noun
plural of inadequacy
inadequacy
inadequacy
noun
A lack of competence or ability.
A shortage of required material.
The state of being inadequate.
lacquered
lacquered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lacquer
lacqueyed
lacqueyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lacquey
liquidogenic
mcquade
mosquitocide
mosquitocide
noun
Any substance that kills mosquitos.
nondeliquescence
nondeliquescent
nondeliquescent
adj
Not deliquescent.
outequivocated
preacquired
preacquired
adj
Acquired beforehand.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preacquire
preacquitted
preadequacy
predelinquency
predelinquency
noun
The quality of being predelinquent.
pseudoacquaintance
pseudoaquatic
quacked
quacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quack
quadriarticulate
quadriarticulate
adj
(entomology) Having four joints.
quadriarticulated
quadriarticulated
adj
Alternative form of quadriarticulate
quadricapsulate
quadricarinate
quadricarinate
adj
(biology) Having four carinae.
quadricellular
quadricellular
adj
Having four cells.
quadricentennial
quadricentennial
adj
Relating to a 400th anniversary.
quadricentennials
quadricentennials
noun
plural of quadricentennial
quadriceps
quadriceps
noun
(anatomy) A muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
quadricepses
quadricepses
noun
plural of quadriceps
quadriciliate
quadriciliate
adj
Having four cilia.
quadricone
quadricone
noun
(geometry) A quadric cone.
quadricostate
quadricostate
adj
Having four ribs.
quadricotyledonous
quadricrescentic
quadricrescentoid
quadricrescentoid
adj
(zoology, dentistry) Having four crescentic folds.
quadricuspidate
quadricycle
quadricycle
noun
A four-wheeled motorcycle, often resembling a small car (microcar).
A four-wheeled pedal cycle.
quadricycler
quadrifurcate
quadrifurcate
adj
Branching fourfold; having four branches.
verb
Furcate (fork or divide) into four branches or channels.
quadrifurcated
quadrifurcated
adj
Having four forks or branches; quadrifurcate.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quadrifurcate
quadriloculate
quadriloculate
adj
Having four loculi
quadrimetallic
quadrimetallic
adj
(chemistry) Containing atoms of four metals in each molecule.
quadrimolecular
quadrimolecular
adj
(chemistry) Involving four molecules
quadrinucleate
quadrinucleate
adj
(biology) Having four nuclei.
noun
A cell that has four nuclei.
quadriplegic
quadriplegic
adj
Of, related to, or suffering from quadriplegia.
noun
One who suffers from quadriplegia.
quadriplicate
quadriplicate
noun
Alternative form of quadruplicate
quadriplicated
quadriplicated
adj
Alternative form of quadruplicated
quadrisect
quadrisect
verb
(transitive) To divide into four parts.
quadrisected
quadrisected
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect
quadrisection
quadrisection
noun
One quarter of something.
The action of dividing something into four parts.
quadrisulcate
quadrisulcate
adj
Having four hooves
quadrisulcated
quadritubercular
quadritubercular
adj
Having four tubercles or cusps
quadrituberculate
quadrituberculate
adj
Synonym of quadritubercular
quadrivalence
quadrivalence
noun
The condition of being quadrivalent.
quadrivalency
quadrivalency
noun
Synonym of quadrivalence
quadrupedantic
quadrupedantical
quadrupedantical
adj
(obsolete) quadrupedal
quadruplicate
quadruplicate
adj
four times over, multiplied by four
having four parts
noun
in quadruplicate: four times over, in four copies
verb
To replicate four times; to make fourfold; to quadruple.
quadruplicated
quadruplicated
adj
replicated four times
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quadruplicate
quadruplicates
quadruplicates
noun
plural of quadruplicate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadruplicate
quadruplicature
quarterbacked
quarterbacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quarterback
quarterdeck
quarterdeck
noun
(nautical) The aft part of the upper deck of a ship; normally reserved for officers
quarterdeckish
quarterdecks
quarterdecks
noun
plural of quarterdeck
quartodeciman
quartodeciman
Noun
Any of a group of early Christians who began Easter on Nisan 14, the day Jesus was crucified according to the Gospel of JohnJohn 19:14, 31, 42, and the day before the beginning of Jewish Passover, which is Nisan 15.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to these people.
quartodecimanism
quartodecimanism
Proper noun
The doctrines of the Quartodecimans.
quasiperiodic
quasiperiodic
adj
(mathematics, of a function) Such that an increment of a variable leads to a multiplication by some function.
(physics, of an oscillation) Having two unrelated periods.
Almost periodic; recurring at irregular intervals.
quattuordecillion
quattuordecillion
num
(US, Britain, Australia, rare, short scale) 10⁴⁵.
(dated, Britain, Australia, rare, long scale) 10⁸⁴.
quattuordecillionth
quenched
quenched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quench
quicked
quicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quick
quickened
quickened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quicken
quickhearted
quickside
quickwittedness
quickwittedness
noun
The state or condition of being quickwitted.
quiesced
quiesced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quiesce
quindecad
quindecad
noun
A set of fifteen things.
quindecagon
quindecagon
noun
(geometry) A polygon with fifteen sides and fifteen angles.
quindecangle
quindecangle
noun
(obsolete, geometry) quindecagon
quindecaplet
quindecasyllabic
quindecasyllabic
adj
(prosody) Having fifteen syllables.
quindecemvir
quindecemvir
noun
(historical) Any member of an official group of fifteen people, especially a member of the 15-man college of priests who cared for the Sibylline Books in ancient Rome.
quindecemvirate
quindecemvirate
noun
Alternative form of quindecimvirate.
quindecemviri
quindecennial
quindecennial
adj
Happening once in fifteen years.
Lasting fifteen years.
quindecillion
quindecillion
num
(rare, US, modern Britain and Australia short scale) 10⁴⁸.
(rare, dated, Britain and Australia, long scale) 10⁹⁰.
quindecillionth
quindecim
quindecim
noun
(historical) A tax of one fifteenth.
quindecima
quindecima
noun
(music) The interval of a fifteenth, or double octave.